Princess Pearl loves to sleep with her mom

I've been obsessed with Edward Norton as an actor for the past few weeks. Today I decided just to query him on PETA...I didn't think he was vegan, we usually know which actors are. But you know just in case he was a hunter or something gross like that. When I went to PETA I immediately saw a photo of of a poor little monkey being tested on. It made me realize how ridiculous my original idea what. How can I care about actors or movies when such things are happening? In corporate lingo...it brought my mood elevator down. But it was also good to be reminded again of why it is important that I made the decision to go vegan. So now I am off to lay in the puppy pile with my babies and remember that they shouldn't be lucky to live in my house, but in this world they are. And I'll think about all the babies out there who don't have the life my babies do and how wrong, horrible, and disgusting it is that they don't.

Princess Pearl says good night.

Questions & Answers

I am totally stealing this from Pisces Place, but it seemed like such a good idea. I'm making Mark answer the questions too...
But for now we're off to watch dvd's with the puppies. YAY!


1. I love...my partner in crime mark, my other partners in crime clarence, pearl, mia & buster. and all my friends who daily put up with my eccentricities.
2. Right now I want...the world to be vegan, war to end, and the global warming to be fiction.
3. I feel like...crying & cleaning my kitchen
4. I hate it when...when people are hypocrites. people act like i'm a freak because i think animals are as valuable as human life. those same people have dogs & cats. they love their pets as much as i love mine.
5. I fear...my loved ones dying before me
6. I'm lonely without... my dogs & markey
7. I need...my baby dogs
8. Today I...watching movies in bed with the dogs. i also made an awesome dinner. it was delicious!
9. Tomorrow I'm...going to work. i love my job :-)
10. I just...played bingo on the computer
11. I want to meet...mos def, he's a really cool vegan
12. I'm hungry for...well today it was a yves hotdog, a blt with yummy tempeh bacon, and my vegan version of coq qu vin. it was awesome. Although I wouldn't had said no if we had some chips in the house. oh well.
13. I love it when...i start my day with a walk.
14. I'm afraid of...the dark
15. I'm listening to...amy winehouse and stevie wonder right now.
16. I'm wearing...my pj bottoms, a camisole and a sweatshirt. very sexy!
17. I wish I was in...bellingham washington...wait, that is where i am! lucky me!
18. I'm craving...a week long vacation on lopez island with unlimited book money and a good pair of walking shoes.
19. I want to get...learn to make good pasta sauce
20. I can...pizza from scratch
21. I can't...watch horror movies.
22. I have...lots of books and movies.
23. I haven't...ever been outside the us or canada.
24. I'm nervous...about my family getting older
25. My Mom thinks I'm...the best think since sliced bread
26. My Dad thinks I'm...not the person he wanted me to be
27. I think...nancy drew is the coolest girl ever
28. I'm happy when...i'm sleeping in with my dogs. they have a schedule about who gets to be in bed. they all take turns cuddling me.
29. I'm sad when...i think about the reality of our world
30. I like eating...pretty much anything eggplant
31. I hate eating...anything with broccoli or cauliflower in it.
32. I love watching...my dogs play, my garden, the water, and nero wolfe & poirot. can't get enough mysteries!
33. I love listening to...chopin even though he makes me very emotional
34. I love playing...yahtzee, spades, canasta, and nancy drew computer games.
35. I hate waking up to...being late for work. it rushes my day & sets the tone badly.
36. I can see...how much my dogs & mark love me.
37. I'm glad that...i have a life partner that i love and like and harry potter #7 comes out in just over a month. i'm dying here!
38. I'm disappointed that...people can't be more respectful of how others choose to live their life.
39. I look like...well mark says kate winslet...but to be honest i don't look like anyone other than me :-)
40. I wish I looked like...when i was 18...i was pretty hot then!

My new favorite movie....

If ever I told my tale of how I became a vegan....Mike White told it for me. Because I did go kicking & screaming. It wasn't easy or pretty. I mean how did I live with a vegetarian partner for 5 years when I wasn't one and a vegan partner for 3 years when I was only a vegetarian/pescatarian? I loved meat! I still miss it! I cannot lie...I won't lie! But I love my babies! Clarence my guardian! He is always on high alert when he feels I'm in distress. Pearl the beautiful slutty princess who gets everything she wants...we love her so. Mia(pia) who puts the name shih-tzu to a whole new meaning. She tries...she really doesn't :-) And Buster...well...he's just special. Those dogs mean more to me than anything. And because of them...we'll I'll continue to love my fake meat & no more dairy...:-)

http://www.yearofthedogmovie.com/

UGH....

I am so focused on global warming any more. I walk around with a certainty that we are going to go. What kind of way is that to live? Nevertheless...it is the way that I live.
I have made a few amazing recipes. Sorry I wasn't camera friendly. We're still not used to having a camera as we haven't had one for years; Pearl ate our last camera when she was a baby. I am off for this evening....but keep global warming in mind!

Earth Day

I don't say that Paul Watson is kind, or always correct, or even always PC...but I do think that he makes a lot of sense. I have already been feeling very ill with the crazy weather going on. The Day After Tomorrow is looking like less of a fictional film & more like a documentary. That has really put a damper on my spring. But that aside, this from Paul really started me thinking. That and where are all the bees?

Paul Watson...over population...bees...veganism
http://www.seashepherd.org/editorials/editorial_070420_1.html


New York Times...bees
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/business/27bees.html?ex=1330232400&en=3aaa0148837b8977&ei=5088

All this & one of the types of kibble from the brand of dog food that we have been feeding our dogs was recalled. Lucky for us, the tainted rice bran was not an ingredient in their food. But needless to say we now strictly feeding them home cooked dog food. Screw people with their messed up priorities. Money and power over everything else. Money & power is more important that life. Who cares that we wouldn't even know about these things if we weren't alive. So...bees, dog food...government conspiracies... Happy Spring 2007!

Yes yes...I have been MIA for awhile. I went through my normal winter funk. So glad that spring is finally here. I have been reading & re-reading Harry Potter like crazy. Can't wait for #7 to come out in July. I really really hope she doesn't kill off Harry. I think that real life stinks enough...let our fiction be kind.
Tonight we watched a documentary....we're still not sure what to think of it.
http://www.loosechange911.com/

I think our initial reaction is one of some belief, some disbelief (we don't like propaganda), and some horror as we can see for ourselves now 5 years removed that what we thought we saw, we didn't see. I think we'll just retire to bed for the evening with our Harry Potter books and try to think non global warming, non bee missing, happy dog thoughts.

Vegan Valentine's Sugar Cookies

I am so happy that I was able to veganize my favorite cookie recipe. The sugar cookie recipe from Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook. This recipe made me realize that I did like sugar cookies if they were made properly, and not just some bland cardboard grocery store cookie. I used Earth Balance margarine for my fat and flax seeds for my egg replacer. The cookies are delicious. And I was able to find on the Internet that I can use my Ener-G egg replacer in place of meringue powder, so I also made my own royal icing for my cookies. Mark has had 5 since getting home from work 1 hour ago, so I would say my cookies were a success! Happy Valentine's Day!